Modified YT-1300 Light Freighter – Millennium Falcon

Description

The Millennium Falcon, was a Corellian YT-1300f light
freighter most famously used by the smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, during the Galactic Civil War.

Its
aged appearance belied numerous advanced modifications to boost the ship’s
speed, weapons, and shield, including a hyperdrive engine among the fastest in the entire galaxy, enabling it to outrun Imperial Star Destroyers. It included sensor-proof smuggling
compartments, which were used during the rescue of Princess Leia Organa in 0 BBY to evade Imperial stormtroopers.Afterwards, the Millennium Falcon saw further action when Solo
chose to join the Rebels during the Battle of Yavin, where it was able to sneak up and fire on Darth Vader’s TIE Advanced, allowing
Luke Skywalker to fire the proton torpedo that
destroyed the Death Star.

After Han was captured on Bespin, Lando took
command of the Falcon once more to search for
him. In 4 ABY, Lando flew the ship at the Battle of Endor, where it entered the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station and destroyed
it from within. Over the next decades, the ship fell out of Solo’s hands and
was stolen by a succession of criminals and thieves. It ended up back in Solo’s
hands in 34 ABY, after it was found on Jakku,
a remote world in the Western Reaches.